Atlanta Braves Throwback Thursday Special: the Hot Corner
Vinny Castilla
This is the third installment of our run through the fifty years of baseball in Atlanta (1966-2015) by going position by position to remember many of those who have played the game for our enjoyment as Braves fans. For your review:
Thus, this brings us round to the Hot Corner – third base.
In doing the research for these, I am still blown away by the sheer number of players that are required to keep a ballclub on the field. For example, we will obviously think of Chipper Jones being the most prominent at the position from 1995 to 2012. Our memories tend to fade in this era because that was the Era of Stability for third base… it’s the only name we need to remember, right?
You might be surprised that there are at least 28 players credited with having played some third base over those years alone. In fact, on a year-by-year basis it’s typical to at least 3 names per season that are penciled in to play the position… and it matters not whether this was during the Jones year or not! Here in 2015? We already have four.
We won’t dig that deep here, but let’s review the most memorable third basemen of the Atlanta Braves.